Buckle



(No Model.) I

P. A. RAYMOND. BUCKLE.

No. 494,086. Patented Mar. 21, 1893.

WITNESSES v INS/ENTER UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PIERRE ALBERT RAYMOND, OF GRENOBLE, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO THE CONSOLIDATEDFASTENER COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,086, dated March21, 1893.

Application filed November 14, 1892. Serial No. 451,996. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PIERRE ALBERT RAY- MOND, a citizen of the FrenchRepublic, rcsiding at Grenoble, Department of Isere, France, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which thefollowing, with the accompanying drawings, is a full specification.

My invention relates to that class of buckles used on gloves, garments,and the like, and consists in certain improvements in construction whichare hereinafter pointed out in detail.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein like letters representlike parts: Figures l and 2 are plans showing the shape of the blanksfrom which are struck up the base plate and tongue, respectively. Figs.3 and 4 are perspective views of base plate and tongue respectively.Fig. 5 is a section showing my buckle attached to the material of gloveor other article.

My buckle is made from two pieces of sheet metal; A and B Figs. 1 and 2,showing the shape of the blanks. The base plate Fig. 3, is formed fromA, Fig. l, by punching the ears ac and bending them up so that they areparallel to each other and at right angles to the plane of the baseplate; by punching the four holes a a a a for sewing or otherwiseattaching the plate to the edge of the glove or other article; and bypunching the hole (I and striking up its edges in the form of atruncated cone; all of which is shown in Fig. 3.

The tongue piece, Fig. i, is formed from the blank B, Fig. 2, by dishingthe ears 6 e and bending them around with their concave sides together,so that the two form on the under side of the tongue a stud having theform of a hollow split sphere; by bending the longitudinal edges of thetongue slightly inward, giving it a slightly curved cross-section andhence greater stiffness; by curving the pivot end inward at about rightangles to direction of tongue; and by bending the tip f slightly inward,shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

The buckle is put together by springing the pivots or trunnionsb 1) intothe holes in the ears 0 c of the base plate. The parts are soproportioned that, when the tongue is shut down on the base plate, thesplit hollow sphere comes directly over the hole or socket d. Thediameter of the sphere is made a trifle larger than that of the socketsothat said sphere has to be sprung in or out of, said socket,thenecessary resilience being obtained in the split sphere.

Fig. 4t shows the buckle attached to one edge of the glove or otherarticle, while on the other edge is attached any common form of eyeletthrough which the tongue may pass. It may be seen that the edges of thearticle may be drawn together with considerable force with my buckle, itbeing only necessary to bring the edges near enough to insert the end ofthe tongue I) when wide open in'the eyelet of the other edge. The tongueis then forced up and over, drawing the edges together with a leveragethat increases as the edges are drawn nearer together. When the tongueis completely shut down on the base plate there is hardly any tendencyto throw it up, due to its shape and connections, and the locking sphereand socket e and d render it absolutely impossible to unclasp the buckleby any lateral strain on the edges of the material, although this isvery easily accomplished by lifting up the endf.

The simplicity and small number of parts of my buckle, together with itsease of attachment and operation, and firmness when closed, render it avery desirable article ofrnanufacture.

I clairn 1. An improved buckle for gloves and other articles, consistingof a base plate having on its upper side a struck up socket incombination with a tongue provided with a spherical elastic stud on itsfree end, said tongue being pivoted to the plate at its opposite end,substantially as described.

2.. An improved buckle for gloves and other articles, made in twopieces, consisting of a base plate provided with a socket and a tonguehaving on its lower side a resilient struck up spherical stud formedintegral with the tongue on its free end, said tongue being pivoted tothe plate at its opposite end, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PIERRE ALBERT RAYMOND.

Witn esses A. DIEHAU, J. HAS.

